Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e